"Why Climate Denial Could Still Be Taught At Texas Schools"
"PragerU doesn’t need official approval to spread climate denial in public schools, a Texas State Teachers Association representative tells HEATED."
Source: HEATED, 08/30/2023
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"Offshore Wind Auction for the Gulf of Mexico Gets a Tepid Response"
"The first auction of leases for wind farms in the Gulf of Mexico, which the Biden administration had heralded as part of its effort to expand clean energy, ended on Tuesday with just one of three available tracts sold."
Source: NYTimes, 08/30/2023
How Industry Is Fighting Stricter Controls For Manganese In Drinking Water
"High levels of manganese in drinking water could harm infants and children, research shows. But industries that use or produce the metal are downplaying the risks in a battle with the EPA."
Source: Grist, 08/30/2023
"America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow"
"Overuse is draining and damaging aquifers nationwide, a New York Times data investigation revealed."
Source: NYTimes, 08/30/2023
"EPA Revises Waters Rule to Align With High Court Wetlands Ruling"
"A new rule governing federally protected waters and wetlands was issued Tuesday by the EPA to align agency regulations with a US Supreme Court ruling that will allow unpermitted development in wetlands across the country."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/30/2023
Cat 4 Idalia Projected To Hit Florida With ‘Catastrophic’ Storm Surge
"Hurricane Idalia strengthened to a dangerous Category 4 storm Wednesday morning as it steamed toward Florida’s Big Bend region and threatened to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall."
Source: AP, 08/30/2023
"If South Africa Ends Lion Breeding, What to Do With Captive Cats?"
"In 2021, the South African government committed to shutting down the country’s captive-lion breeding industry, which provided animals for canned hunts. Among the sticking points slowing progress is what should happen to the thousands of lions that remain on private ranches."
Source: YaleE360, 08/29/2023
"How The ‘Urban Doom Loop’ Could Pose The Next Economic Threat"
"All across the country, downtowns, office spaces and shopping centers are at risk of becoming ground zero for a new economic hazard: the urban doom loop. The fear is that a commercial real estate apocalypse could spiral out and slow commerce, wrecking local tax revenue in the process."
Source: Washington Post, 08/29/2023
US Inches Closer To Breaking Russian Monopoly On Rare And Necessary Fuel
"The Putin government's control over a special nuclear fuel has rattled the West's atomic industry. New deals show the U.S. is finally trying to catch up."
Source: HuffPost, 08/29/2023
How an Oil Giant Took Over Biden's Billion-Dollar Bet on Carbon Capture
"When Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s Vicki Hollub introduced the idea of “net zero oil” two years ago, few outside the chief executive officer’s inner circle knew what she meant."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 08/29/2023
